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G J Durocher

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PubMed1993

Computerized pattern recognition of EEG artifact.

Automated artifact classification of quantified EEG (QEEG) epochs from 9 males using linear discriminant analysis showed greater than 85% agreement with judges' opinions. These results were replicated (n = 600 epochs for each sample). Testing the entire sample (n = 5800) illustrated reliable eye artifact (94%) but reduced muscle artifact classification (70%) accuracy. Agreement was lowest in the case of more subtle forms of muscle artifact (i.e., low amplitude muscle), however, less than 4% of these were wrongly classified as non-artifact. Improved data collection techniques retaining high frequency energies are anticipated to improve muscle artifact recognition. Results indicate that low levels of artifact contamination would result when only those epochs classified as non-artifact were accepted for inclusion in further analysis.

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PubMed1992

Developmental and neurologic correlates of treatment response in schizophrenia.

Reliable predictors of outcome in schizophrenia remain elusive, and assessment of unidimensional variables is unlikely to provide new information. We examined developmental, neurologic and psychosocial variables together to assess their correlation with several separate aspects of outcome in male schizophrenic patients (N = 31) treated with neuroleptics for a minimum of six months. Outcome measures evaluating social performance were significantly inter-correlated, but these measures did not correlate significantly with "positive" symptom measures. Persistent positive symptoms were predicted by post-natal neurologic impairment. Persistent negative symptoms and social dysfunction were predicted by psychosocial dysfunction during the developmental years. Poor early treatment response significantly correlated with persistent positive symptoms and psychosocial dysfunction. Impairment on neurobehavioral testing correlated significantly with post-natal neurologic impairment and with persistent positive symptoms.

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